4Shared Wins Court Case To Overcome Piracy Blockade (torrentfreak.com)

Popular file-hosting service 4shared has won a court case against the South Korean authorities who placed the site on a national piracy blocklist. While 4shared's users occasionally host pirated files, the court concludes that it can't be seen as a service that is setup specifically to facilitate copyright infringement. "We think it is a good result. It's the first time we tried disputing in court with a state Internet censorship body," 4shared's Mike Wilson tells TorrentFreak. "We believe that 4shared does enough to protect intellectual property and disabling access to our service for an entire country is not lawful," he adds.

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Re:Plausibly deniable piracy

[rmdingler]

Workarounds that leave plausible deniability are like the cover story you have ready in your head for when the police pull you over.

Despite your imagined impenetrable logic and Jedi nerves, your explanation will be delivered with much less sense and cool than you imagine, to a seasoned roadside interviewer.